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Title: OOH NOOZZZ, the bats
Post by: soda72 on August 26, 2008, 01:06:18 PM
Ok that does it, we should stick with coal...

 :lol

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7581990.stm

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Bats are at risk from wind turbines, researchers have found, because the rotating blades produce a change in air pressure that can kill the mammals.

I wonder if this will slow down T. Boone Pickens plan?





Title: Re: OOH NOOZZZ, the bats
Post by: Ripsnort on August 26, 2008, 01:29:53 PM
Quote from: soda72 on August 26, 2008, 01:06:18 PM

I wonder if this will slow down T. Boone Pickens plan?







 :rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: OOH NOOZZZ, the bats
Post by: ChickenHawk on August 26, 2008, 02:58:26 PM
Wind turbines have been killing birds by the score for years.  I'm surprised it took them this long to find the dead bats.

Watch closely for a call to ban all wind turbines as environmentally destructive machines.

If anyone stopped to think about it long enough, all you would have to do is put a thin wire mesh around the things.  Problem solved.
Title: Re: OOH NOOZZZ, the bats
Post by: Ripsnort on August 26, 2008, 03:01:23 PM
"Oh the humanity!"

Wind turbines disengrate too.  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSB1SdVHqQ)  If its manmade, its only a matter of time before it breaks.
Title: Re: OOH NOOZZZ, the bats
Post by: lasersailor184 on August 26, 2008, 04:23:23 PM
Disintegrate.
Title: Re: OOH NOOZZZ, the bats
Post by: Airscrew on August 26, 2008, 04:29:58 PM
Disintegrator...


(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Airscrew/marvin_martian.jpg)
Title: Re: OOH NOOZZZ, the bats
Post by: Gunslinger on August 26, 2008, 04:43:51 PM
There was one featured on the Natgeo ch the other day that dealt with a helical shape.  It worked from wind blowing in any direction, was not suseptable to ice, and was safe for wild life as well. 

(http://www.solarnavigator.net/images/helical.jpg)

edit, they are also extremly quiet